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The maiden vintage of Boekenhoutskloof Syrah – the wine that arguably put Cape Syrah on the global map – was 1997. From a Somerset West...
Is the new Goldmine White 2024 from Boekenhoutskloof a companion wine to hugely successful red blend The Chocolate Block? It’s been launched with a minimum...
The fact sheets for Boekenhoutskloof’s two Cabernets in 2022 (both R600 a bottle) make for interesting reading. In Franschhoek, reference is made to a “prolonged...
Callie Louw has confirmed that he will soon be leaving the prominent Swartland property Porseleinberg, saying he is ready to “take a chance to fly...
Analysis is often deemed secondary to organoleptic impression in wine appreciation, but the relatively high pH of 3.94 in the 2022 Boekenhoutskloof Syrah is worth...
Grapes for the 2022 Boekenhoutskloof Semillon (price: R600 a bottle) come from three certified heritage vineyards in Franschhoek, two planted on the riverbed in 1902...
If the 2020 vintages of Boekenhoutskloof’s two examples of Cabernet Sauvignon were a little underwhelming (see here), both wines from 2021 are very much a...
While the 2020 vintage of Semillon from Franschhoek cellar has a rather pronounced reductive character about it, the 2021 less so and is altogether better...
Grapes for the 2021 vintage of Boekenhoutskloof Syrah are entirely from the Swartland, 90% from the operation’s Porseleinberg property and 10% from Goldmine on Kasteelberg....
If 2017 and 2021 are generally highly collectible vintages for South African fine wine, then 2020 simply isn’t in the same league. Boekenhoutskloof, of course,...
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